緻 means “fine, meticulous, dense”
ち · chi
Also: fine (i.e. not coarse)
- Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
- こまかい
- On'yomi (Chinese reading)
- チ
JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes
The story
Thread (糸) worked until it reaches (致) perfection: stitches so close the cloth looks solid. 緻密 is meticulous, as in a 緻密な計画, a plan worked out to the last detail, and 精緻 is exquisitely fine.
Used in 緻密 (chimitsu, meticulous/dense) and 精緻 (seichi, exquisite/elaborate)
More from Odd & Ordinary
- 異 different
- 微 slight
- 詳 detailed
- 偏 biased
- 奇 strange
- 駄 worthless
- 朴 simple
- 粗 coarse
- 凡 commonplace
- 冗 superfluous
- 汎 general
- 庸 mediocre
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